The interdependence of mechanisms underlying climate-driven vegetation mortality.

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Published in Trends Ecol Evol on July 29, 2011

Authors

Nate G McDowell1, David J Beerling, David D Breshears, Rosie A Fisher, Kenneth F Raffa, Mark Stitt

Author Affiliations

1: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA. mcdowell@lanl.gov

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